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Dallas Film Utsav

South Asian film festival.

Festival · The Colony, Denton County · Dallas–Fort Worth

dallasfilmutsav.org ↗︎

Categories
Narrative Feature
Documentary
Short
CineSparks contest (Swipe Right Anthology)
Prizes
Jury Award and Audience Award for best film in competition categories, presented on the closing night; CineSparks contest finale with finalist screenings.

Notable

2026 opening night film is the Marathi feature Gondhal, which the festival describes as India's official entry to the 99th Oscars ↗︎
Ticket links name the 2026 edition the 7th INDICA Dallas Film Utsav; passes run $10–$100 ↗︎
2026 program also includes an acting workshop, an acting masterclass and the showcase documentary The India Experience by Bharatbala ↗︎
Indic Film Utsav began online during the COVID pandemic and screened more than 350 films over six years; its first theatrical Dallas event was in November 2025, after which it split into the in-person Dallas Film Utsav (November) and the online INDICA Heritage Film Utsav (March) ↗︎
Submissions free on FilmFreeway; jury and audience awards for best narrative feature; listed as running 6 years ↗︎
Sources
  1. Dallas Film Utsav Center for Indic Films (INDICA)
  2. 2025 – Dallas Film Utsav Center for Indic Films (INDICA)
  3. INDICA Dallas Film Utsav & INDICA Heritage Film Utsav FilmFreeway
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